Dear all, the Russian IGF is going to take place in about a month - see https://rigf.ru/en/. Initially, it should have taken place in spring, but it has been postponed for obvious reasons. I am sure that there will be a strong discussion about participating or not, I can see arguments for and against. Please note that the planned date is after ICANN75, so I am sure that there will be some discussion there, but maybe we can get already the ball rolling and hear about the different opinions. As a disclosure, I have attended many of the previous editions, a couple of times even in person, because I am particularly interested in what happens in Eastern Europe, and I am planning to attend this one - obviously only remotely. IMHO, it is important to hear, even more in these “interesting” times, how will the debate unfold at the RIGF. I must say that in past editions there have been some critical voices speaking up in the sessions - whether this is at all possible in the changed scenario, is all to be seen. Cheers, Roberto
Dear ALL, The IGF and its national and regional events are difficult to categorize ... somehow between a meeting under international law and an NGO event. Anyhow, such events and contacts are not prohibited under EU sanctions, as far as I can see. Further, the IGF - like ICANN - can develop its own policy. Thus, participation should be an option AS LONG AS the IGF follows the principles of free debate and multistakeholderism. Thus, such OSCE-like mechanism of observers should be in place to give a realistic picture of the event. Best, ERich SCHWEIGHOFER Erich Prof. (Uni Wien, Legal Informatics, European Law, Multistakeholder Law) MBA Dr. (law) Dr. (informatics) "pre-MAIS" (International Studies) (on leave for the European Commission, Rue de la Loi 130, 1040 Brussel BE, erich.schweighofer@ec.europa.eu, Tel. +32 2 29 52283) Legal Informatics at Vienna University chair: ARI Arbeitsgruppe Rechtsinformatik, Juridicum, Universität Wien chair: iris-conferences.eu President: RI@ LII-Austria CEILI RARI SLib WZRI Department for European, International and Comparative Law, Schottenbastei 10-16/2/5, Zi. 546, 1010 Wien AT, Tel. +43 1 4277 35305 https://rechtsinformatik.univie.ac.at, https://rechtsinformatik.ACADEMY, https://iris-conferences.eu, https://wzri.eu office@rechtsinformatik.ACADEMY; office@iris-conferences.eu; Erich.Schweighofer@univie.ac.at --- Bitte um Teilnahme und Beiträge / Call for contributions and participation: IRI§23 Internationales Rechtsinformatik Symposion 2023, 22.-25.02.23, Salzburg, https://iris-conferences.eu/iris23 Papers bis 31.10.2022 Jusletter IT http://jusletter-it.eu Schriftenreihe Arbeitsgruppe Rechtsinformatik, rechtsinformatik.ACADEMY & IRIS-Journal: https://irisj.eu PHAIDRA ________________________________________ Von: EURO-Discuss [euro-discuss-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org] im Auftrag von Roberto Gaetano via EURO-Discuss [euro-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org] Gesendet: Mittwoch, 24. August 2022 22:51 An: Discussion for At-Large Europe Betreff: [EURO-Discuss] 12th RIGF Dear all, the Russian IGF is going to take place in about a month - see https://rigf.ru/en/. Initially, it should have taken place in spring, but it has been postponed for obvious reasons. I am sure that there will be a strong discussion about participating or not, I can see arguments for and against. Please note that the planned date is after ICANN75, so I am sure that there will be some discussion there, but maybe we can get already the ball rolling and hear about the different opinions. As a disclosure, I have attended many of the previous editions, a couple of times even in person, because I am particularly interested in what happens in Eastern Europe, and I am planning to attend this one - obviously only remotely. IMHO, it is important to hear, even more in these “interesting” times, how will the debate unfold at the RIGF. I must say that in past editions there have been some critical voices speaking up in the sessions - whether this is at all possible in the changed scenario, is all to be seen. Cheers, Roberto
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